Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-03-17


The s4OO,oOo appropriated by
congress for the militia will not be-
come available until July L.
All but one of the cooperags firm:
Of New York and Brooklyn have
gwen in to the strikers,
Charlton H. Way of Georgia has
been appointed consul general of the
United States at st. Petersburg.
Senator Sherman, who Is now IN
Florida, denies that his trip to the
south has the slightesr political sig
nificaDce.
| The Pennsylvania railroad strikers
at Youngstown, o., have been en-
joined from interfering with the
running Of trains.
| Captain Scott of the British navy
commander of the Canadian feet of
fishing cruisers, proposes to tske
extra steps at once to keep out
American vessels.
There is $50-a-year postofice
vacant IN Arkansas, for which there
are thirty-seven applicants.
Jabez Turner, veteran of the war
of 1912, died in New York City the
latter part of last week aged 80.
There is a man in Hemlock, Mich,
who is so hum ane that he chloro-
forms his hogs before killing them.
] A York state judge is wrestling
with the question whether Matching
eggs is manufacturing chickens.
| The cigars smoked In this country
annually, If put end to end. would
reach around the earth nine times.
A draught of ink, taken in spirit
of mischief by 14-year-old school
boy, at VandaIia, ILL.,. killed the lad
within few hours.
In West Virginia wife can obtain
a divorce if she can prove that her
husband has been notoriously i'm
moral before marriage.
A bill now being considered by the
Nevada legislature disqualifies from
holding Office any one who is the
victim of strong drink.
A railroad surveying corps is busy
north and south of Carthage, Mo-,
on new Iines-one to Jefferson City
and the other to Mississippi.
Mention is made of the fact that
in the mining exchange in Boston on
q recent weekday not single share
OF stock was bought or sold.
A young woman p, of who recent
ly went to the Black Hills, received
twelve offers OF marriage during the
first four days she was there.
Brakeman Degan, charged with
having thrown an unknown man
from a train near Lamar, Mo-,
Wednesday, was released by the
coroner last Thursday.
A stock company at Tecumseh.
Michigan, has been organized for
the purpose of herding skunks.
About 100 shunks have been pro-
cured for breeding purposes.
Rasmus Anderson, Norwegian
naturallzed citizen of Wisconsin,
sent as our minister to Denmark,
scandallzes the court circles of Co
penhagen by living in garret.
Afarmer living near Dayton, Ohio,
is said not TO have spoken word to
his wife, nor she to him, during the
past twenty five years, owing to a
quarrel they had over child at that
time.
"l'll be worser when / come out, I"
cried 12-year-old burglar Artie Tay-
Ior, when sentenced in Chicago
court the other day to five years in
the reform school. And the chances
are that he will.
A secret meeting of Chicago, B ur
lington and Quincy officials has been
held in St. Joseph for two days and
it is reported that they are prepar-
ing to build extensive Yards and
shops in that town.
The trial of ex-County Poor Farm
Observation-Disclosures, of Buchanan
county, Missouri, began last week in
St. Joseph. One witness, former
cook, testified to having cooked dis
eased meat for the inmates.
Gossipers in Catlin, H., have
been given food for talk by the ap-
preaching marriage Of young lady
resident to q school teacher who
whipped her so severely few years
ago that he was arrested and fined.
There Is minister Of the gospel
in South Bend, Ind, whose total
cash income Tor the past year was
| $203. With this he supported q
family of six and paid car fare be-
tween South Bend and Laporta every
two weeks.